8:27 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen left Monday night’s 5-3 loss to the Florida Panthers after the first period due to what the team said Tuesday is a neck injury. He did not return to Monday’s game and Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters Tuesday that Andersen will not travel with the
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7:00 AM ET Since the previous NHL Awards Watch, the Professional Hockey Writers Association published its midseason awards ballot. This gives us a good idea on where the wind is blowing on the major awards. While a lot can change over the next few months, and particularly in tight playoff races, note that four of
6:42 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sabres captain Jack Eichel is doing everything within his power to prevent his team from falling into an all-too-familiar late-season rut. The fifth-year player is enjoying a breakout season with a career-best 31 goals _ seven of them game-winners _ as he displays on-ice consistency. And
5:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov, who suffered a lower-body injury in the second period Saturday in Montreal that forced an MRI on Sunday, did not play in the Panthers’ dramatic 5-3 win over the Maple Leafs in Toronto on Monday. The Panthers clearly missed Barkov early on, falling down,
3:00 PM ET Every week, we’ll mine the waiver wire for lesser-owned assets to help your squad, whether you favor dynasty or the redraft format, and we’ll also toss in some tips for DFS players out there. Finally, we will look at some former go-to fantasy assets who may be overvalued — in the short
10:24 AM ET Gritty is in the clear. Philadelphia police said on Monday that they have closed their investigation into a claim that the famous Flyers mascot punched a 13-year-old boy during a Nov 19 event at the Fargo Center. “That investigation, which has been completed and is no longer active, determined that the actions
7:30 AM ET Quinn Hughes was the only rookie to appear at NHL All-Star Weekend, earning the vote as the last man in for the Pacific Division. If a national audience hadn’t seen much of the budding American star, it certainly got a good education in his skill level. That included Wayne Gretzky, who was
6:38 PM ET Detroit Red Wings rookie Filip Zadina will miss between two and three weeks with a lower-body injury, coach Jeff Blashill said Sunday. Zadina, 20, a rookie with eight goals and 15 points, has been a pleasant surprise in an otherwise dismal season in Detroit. He was injured in a 4-2 loss to
7:00 AM ET With the All-Star Weekend in the rearview mirror, teams are hunkering down for a big stretch run. Plenty of teams are still in the race, so it should be a good one. For this week’s column, I did a big notebook dump to tell you about the 10 storylines I’ll be following
11:14 PM ET ESPN News Services Alex Ovechkin not only led the Washington Capitals to a win Friday night, he made a significant jump up the NHL career goals list. Ovechkin scored two goals in the Capitals’ 5-3 win in Ottawa to pass Mark Messier for No. 8 on the list with 695 career goals.